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Congratulations!! Our New Grand Masters
15 Sep 2019
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44th World Bridge Championships start This Sunday
13 Sep 2019
New Zealand has four teams taking part in the 44th World Bridge Championships which start on Sunday in Wuhan, China. We will have representative teams in the Open (Bermuda Bowl),Women (Venice Cup), Seniors (D'Orsi Senior Bowl) and Mixed (Mixed... read more here
New To The Table
13 Sep 2019
Finding (not having!) a Fit. We know we need to have a minimum of 8 trumps between our two hands, dummy’s and our own, for that suit to be our trump suit. That is called a "fit". It is normally fairly easy to find such a fit when each hand... read more here
Northland News with Tania Brown
11 Sep 2019
Greetings from the Winterless North once again. No more frosts as yet this year but it sure has rained and the thunder and lightening storms have been nothing short of amazing. Not a lot has been happening here over the past few months. We... read more here
The Bridge Zone Radio Show - 061
11 Sep 2019
This week's show includes: Ki te tautoko te wiki o te reo maori Supporting Maori Language Week Richard Solomon shares his workload heading into the National Congress Late entries are possible and... read more here
Play and Defend Better: for improving players
10 Sep 2019
It should not have made…but it did! Have you heard that before? Have you experienced that before? Be honest. Yes, you have. Recently? It’s OK… no-one is asking you to reveal! The defence was not that hard to find, either. Was... read more here
Congratulations - Recently Qualified Club Level Directors
9 Sep 2019
NZ Bridge congratulates the following people who were successful in the recent exam series: Jeremy Fraser-Hoskin Auckland Andrew McLennan Cromwell Sandie Howard New Plymouth... read more here
New To The Table
6 Sep 2019
Text-Book or Practical? We referred last week to the use of bidding a suit we do not hold when our side has bid three suits, in other words “Fourth Suit Forcing”. An example of the use of this came up very recently. There are... read more here
Tales of Akarana
6 Sep 2019
Spades over Hearts… and Diamonds, too? It is so good holding the spade suit in the many highly competitive hands our dealing machine conjures up for us. Heart bidders have to find cunning ways to stop their opponents bid one more but at... read more here
The Bridge Zone Radio Show - 060
4 Sep 2019
This weeks show includes: Congress is coming………. Get your entires in, come to Hamilton, we’ll see you there Email us with your thoughts on your form heading in Congress How... read more here
Auckland News with Douglas Russell
3 Sep 2019
As some of you may have heard, I spent 5 unplanned days at the beginning of August enjoying the outstanding hospitality of the North Shore Hospital, as a result of which I now have a new friend very close to my heart, known inevitably as Gerry.... read more here
Pairs The Great Leveller
3 Sep 2019
The National Open Pairs at Auckland Bridge Club. Have you heard that before? Some days everything works and others…everything works for the opposition! It may be sobering to know that even our top internationals have such days. Take the... read more here
Three New to Gold
2 Sep 2019
We salute three new Gold Grand Masters. That is at least 4,000 A and B Master- Points of which at least 2,500 must be be A Points. They come from Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland. ... read more here
New To The Table. The Play of the Hand.
1 Sep 2019
The Defender You Do NOT Want on Lead. So much for all that talk about “4th Suit Forcing” on Friday. We have been left to make 3NT. If we had been able to call 2spades as our second bid in the sequence below, it would be our... read more here
National 15A Pairs- Auckland Bridge Club
30 Aug 2019
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New To The Table
30 Aug 2019
The Suit You Do Not Need to Call. You open the bidding by calling your longest suit at the 1 level. Your partner calls a different suit and you call your second longest suit because you have no support for your partner’s suit and a hand not... read more here
Tales of Akarana
30 Aug 2019
Catch me if you can… Not a night of great deeds, a night generally if you could keep your nose out of trouble, you would score better. Trouble awaited round many corners, or bids too far: How high would you bid this interesting... read more here
Central Districts News with George MacLachlan
29 Aug 2019
Meet one of most recent arrivals to the Central Districts bridge scene. Read on further to discover who his keepers are. The Levin Open, held on 21st July, attracted a field of 30 pairs and was won easily by the Ker brothers, Anthony and... read more here
The Bridge Zone Show - 059
29 Aug 2019
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Play and Defend Better: for improving players
28 Aug 2019
RIGHT SWITCH: WRONG RESULT? Good defence and good declarer play on the same board? The end result could well not be good for both sides.The defence did all they could to defeat declarer’s 4 level contract. Would it be enough? Let’s... read more here
One Month to go: One Week to go
26 Aug 2019
Our National Bridge Congress, the highlight of our bridge calendar is now just one month away. If you have not yet entered, especially Ryman New Zealand Open and Restricted Open Pairs, now would be a great time to do so. We do require prior entry... read more here
New To The Table. The Play of the Hand.
25 Aug 2019
Making the Two Games….or Failing in a Good Cause? We left you on Friday with one pair of hands and two contracts to play. So, let’s look first of all at the one I hope you did not reach, 3NT. North DealsE-W Vul... read more here
New To The Table
23 Aug 2019
Going to game: but which game? We, the bridge teachers, tell our new players to bid to game when we know we are strong enough to do so. Sometimes, we may be strong enough but we do not know which game we should bid. As a for instance, we open 1... read more here
Tales of Akarana
23 Aug 2019
Golden Week but not Great Diamond Celebrations Akarana will this Saturday be celebrating its 50th anniversary, just a few months late….but then Akarana players have not over the years been too wedded to time issues. This Wednesday evening... read more here
The Bridge Zone Show -058
21 Aug 2019
This weeks show includes: Judge Julie and full disclosure Results Upper Hutt Multi-Grade- Richard Solomon wins the bet for a sultana scone Fullarton Teams - Wanganui ... read more here
Top of The South News with Jenny Pomeroy
21 Aug 2019
Tournaments and lessons are the theme of the last couple of months. Once again tournaments for everyone – Junior, Intermediate, Interclub, Swiss Pairs, Regional 10A, Charity….. Starting off with the Nelson Junior Pairs... read more here
Play and Defend Better: for improving players
19 Aug 2019
Different Leads: Different Problems On the following board, most West players did the normal thing of leading their partner’s suit. You cannot be wrong even if you are not right! What would be your plan assuming you play low from dummy,... read more here
New To The Table. The Play of the Hand.
18 Aug 2019
Can’t Bid Slam but Can you Make One? We left you on Friday in a reasonable looking 4S contract. We got to game on a combined 24 high card points and avoided the trap of playing 3NT. We are playing Pairs which means not only do we want to... read more here
Volunteer of The Month
17 Aug 2019
Sharon Thompson - Richmond Sharon has been nominated by the Richmond Club Committee. The following tribute comes fromClub Secretary, Diane Groom: "Sharon certainly deserves... read more here
New To The Table
16 Aug 2019
The Wise Bid. There are times when, in the bidding, you tell the opponents as little as possible about your hand and other times when you need to reveal all, or quite a lot! If you know which suit and which level you want to play, then... read more here
Tales of Akarana
16 Aug 2019
“MAKING UP THE NUMBERS?” Who were? Why, the North-South pairs, of course. They were there to defend, occasionally to have slam aspirations, to make a nuisance of themselves in a series of high- level competitive boards but generally,... read more here
Canterbury News with Max Robb
15 Aug 2019
Plenty of tournament action to report this issue. So, let's get straight into it: Mid South Island Teams - June 23rd Someone, or a group, must be doing a lot of hard work in South Canterbury to get 6 Junior and 6 Intermediate teams along... read more here
Congratulations to our 3 new Siver Grandmasters
15 Aug 2019
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The Bridge Zone Radio Show - 057
14 Aug 2019
Today’s show includes: Cambridge Sixes - Tarakiwi take out the event More Km’s to A’s for Russell Wilson travelled to the Cambridge Sixes Angels take out the costume prize... read more here
Play and Defend Better: for improving players
13 Aug 2019
It’s OK to return partner’s suit…except…. When it’s wrong! Helpful advice? Not really. Defence can be hard (another unhelpful comment!), One factor which can make it easier is when our partner makes a bid.... read more here
The Youth Weekend That Was
13 Aug 2019
32 young bridge players came to Christchurch from all over the country: from Auckland, Tauranga, Cambridge, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Wellington, Westport, Rangiora, Christchurch and Dunedin. Here they all are: They played an Individual... read more here
New To The Table. The Play of the Hand.
12 Aug 2019
Play Well: Be Lucky. Good play is not always rewarded but we would like to believe it is. If we play the cards in the best possible manner and fail in our contract, then we will have a level of satisfaction, if not all the deserved match-points!... read more here
New To The Table
9 Aug 2019
"Quantitative Bid" …. Can you say it and use it? I struggle to say it but it is a useful bid to use. The idea is that you ask partner to pass if they are minimum for their holding or bid on if they are maximum…a bit like the... read more here
Nominations open - International representative teams for 2020
9 Aug 2019
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Tales of Akarana
9 Aug 2019
SHAPELESS and SHAPELY. Sometimes it is what is staring before our eyes. At other times, we have to imagine what it is our opponents might be bidding so aggressively on. In the context of the above, two problems for you: ... read more here
Top 100 and 200!
8 Aug 2019
Getting all the functions working connected with this website has proved a slowish process. We are getting there! You can now see the list of the top 100 New Zealand master-point holders of all time which will be updated from time to time,... read more here
The Bridge Zone Show - 056
7 Aug 2019
In todays show....... Results North Island Pairs The Simpsons’ take out the event We have Jo Simpson on the show How does a 4 man team come 3rd in the event? Auckland Pairs Billie Tohill Pairs Tudor Biggs... read more here
Wellington News with Paul Maxwell
7 Aug 2019
Bridge and.... July saw a rather nasty cold circulating among local bridge players. While recovering, I was flicking through TV channels and came across a novel sport. One fan had combined his love of chess and boxing. The two activities... read more here
Gold and Silver for North Island Pairs Winners
6 Aug 2019
Jo and Sam Simpson squeezed home in a very tight finish to last weekend’s North Island Pairs held at the Wellington Bridge Club. The format was the same as at the recent South Island Pairs with each pair playing three boards against the... read more here
Play and Defend Better: for improving players
6 Aug 2019
Double and Defend Strongly when they overstep the mark. A couple of bidding situations for you first up…. for although this article is primarily about playing and defending hands, the bidding is very much connected with both. East’s... read more here
New To The Table. The Play of the Hand.
4 Aug 2019
A Change of Plan. You make your plan when you first see dummy. Sometimes, something goes wrong and you have to make an abrupt change if you are to have any chance of making your contract. Take this week’s hand: North DealsNone... read more here
Tales of Akarana
3 Aug 2019
A Timely Duck. 23 high-card points between the two hands, a holey longish 5 card “coming home suit” and a fair knowledge that a key finesse is going to fail (it does). It all sounds like 3NT is going to run into some degree of... read more here
New To The Table
2 Aug 2019
Staying in Part-Score. Part-score contracts are important too. You cannot make game on every hand. When we do not think we can make a game, we would like to stop as low as we can…but it is not always possible. ... read more here
North Island Pairs- Wellington Bridge Club
2 Aug 2019
LInk to results read more here
Otago- Southland News with Brad Johnston
31 Jul 2019
It’s been a while since I last wrote to you, and in that time some things have happened. One of these is that there’ve been some local tournaments (of course). So, it’s good to celebrate the winners. Not to waste your valuable... read more here
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